Firearms trainer interviews at 2014 SHOT Show

[HeadJunter]

The SHOT Show is the only place we trainers have a chance to meet and greet annually. So, I had a brainstorm to conduct a seven question interview with as many trainers as I could. I was able to snag 20 for interviews. Each trainer will get his/her own writeup and I will do a final summation of the commonalities. This article is an overview of the series.

Each year, the SHOT Show is the largest gathering of the firearms industry and related industries. However, SHOT is not just about product. A great deal of networking also takes place at the Show. Almost every firearms trainer in the industry attends SHOT.

The training community often bemoans the fact that most firearms owners either don’t take training or take only the required minimum. SHOT Show 2014 then provided a venue for interviewing a group of trainers about why they think training has value and what they personally work on with their students.

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[Sam1911]

The SHOT Show is the only place we trainers have a chance to meet and greet annually

Just to point out, there are a few more opportunities than just SHOT. Tom Givens' annual Tactical Conference is one such.
(The NTI up at my home range was another, though that is now ended.)

Still, this is great stuff! Thanks for sharing!

 

[HeadJunter]

Just to point out, there are a few more opportunities than just SHOT. Tom Givens' annual Tactical Conference is one such.
(The NTI up at my home range was another, though that is now ended.)

Still, this is great stuff! Thanks for sharing!

I present at Rangemaster every year and it's a great conference. The NE Shooters Summit is another. But they only involve a small number of trainers, relatively speaking. SHOT brings just about all of us. And from some very different backgrounds. Not all trainers are tactically oriented; I'd never get their input at Rangemaster.

Glad you like the idea. It was rather spur of the moment on my part.

 

[Sam1911]

Ok, that's a good point -- getting multi-disciplinary trainers talking and sharing. I like that.

 

[GEM]

I always thought that NRA convention or Shot Show might use the hotels to come up with professional level presentations about various topics. Many other conferences do such. Panel discussions are useful also. The hotels certainly have enough meeting rooms for such.

Glenn